Question

I am trying to echo a string in a search box. However so far it only echos the first word of the string.

require 'search.php';
$searchQuery = $_GET['searchText'] ;
echo $searchQuery;//prints "this is a test"
$search = new Search();
$search->run($searchQuery);
.
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<input name="searchText" type="text" id="searchText" size=70 value = <?php echo $searchQuery; // prints "this"?> />

Answer 1

It’s happening because you don’t have quotes around it, so what you’re actually outputting is

<input ... value = this is a test />

So it’s assigning the first token as the “value” property.
Try this:

<input ... value="<?php echo $searchQuery; ?>" />